Periodic posts from the original 1911 First Edition of the Boy Scout HandbookOriginally Published by the Boy Scouts of America, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Patrol Signs

Each troop of boy scouts is named after the place to which it belongs.
For example, it is Troop No. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., of New York or Chicago.
Each patrol of the troop is named after an animal or bird, but may be
given another kind of name if there is a valid reason. In this way,
the Twenty-seventh New York Troop, for instance, may have several
patrols, which may be respectively the Ox, Wolf, Jackal, Raven,
Buffalo, Fox, Panther, and Rattlesnake.

Positions of Various Badges

Each scout in a patrol has a number, the patrol leader being No. 1,
the assistant patrol leader No. 2, and the other scouts the remaining
consecutive numbers. Scouts in this way should {22} work in pairs, Nos. 3
and 4 together; 5 and 6 together; 7 and. 8 together.

{20}

MONGOOSE
Squeak--"Cheep"
BROWN AND ORANGE

HAWK
Cry (same as Eagle)--"Kreeee"
PINK

WOLF
Howl-"How-oooo"
YELLOW AND BLACK

PEEWIT
Whistle-"Tewitt"
GREEN AND WHITE

HOUND
Bark "Bawow-wow"
ORANGE

CAT
Cry--"Meeaow"
GRAY AND BROWN

JACKAL
Laughing Cry-"Wahwah-wah-wah-wah."
GRAY AND BLACK

RAVEN
Cry-"Kar-kaw"
BLACK

BUFFALO
Lowing (same as Bull) "Um-maouw"
RED AND WHITE

PEACOCK
Cry-"Bee-oik"
GREEN AND BLUE

BULL
Lowing-"Um-maouw"
RED

SEAL
Call-"Hark"
RED AND BLACK

OWL
Whistle "Koot-koot-koo"
BLUE

TIGER
Purr-"Grrrao"
VIOLET

LION
Roar-"Eu-Ugh"
YELLOW AND RED

KANGAROO
Call-"Coo-ee"
RED AND GRAY

HORSE
Whinney-"Hee-e-e-e"
BLACK AND WHITE

{21}

FOX
Bark-"Ha-ha"
YELLOW AND GREEN

BEAR
Growl-"Boorrr"
BROWN AND RED

STAG
Call-"Baow"
VIOLET AND BLACK

STORK
Cry-"Korrr"
BLUE AND WHITE

PANTHER
Tongue in side of mouth--"Keeook"
YELLOW

CURLEW
Whistle--"Curley"
GREEN

HYENA
Laughing Cry-"Ooowah-oowah-wah"
YELLOW AND BROWN

RAM
Bleat--"Ba-a-a"
BROWN

WOOD PIGEON
Call--"Book-hooroo"
BLUE AND GRAY

EAGLE
Very shrill cry--"Kreeee"
GREEN AND BLACK

HIPPO
Hiss-"Brrussssh"
PINK AND BLACK

RATTLESNAKE
Rattle a pebble in a small potted meat tin.

WILD BOAR
Grunt--"Broof-broof"
GRAY AND PINK

COBRA
Hiss--"Pssst"
ORANGE AND BLACK

CUCKOO
Call--"Cook-koo"
GRAY

OTTER
Cry--"Hoi-oi-oick"
BROWN AND WHITE

BEAVER
Slap made by clapping bands
BLUE AND YELLOW

Each scout in a patrol should be able to imitate the call of his
patrol animal. That is, the scouts of the Wolf patrol should be able
to imitate a wolf. In this way scouts of the same patrol can
communicate with each other when in hiding, or in the dark of night.
It is not honorable for a scout to use the call of any other patrol
except his own.

The patrol leader calls up his patrol at will by sounding his whistle
and by giving the call of the patrol.
When the scout makes signs anywhere for others to read he also draws
the head of his animal. That is to say, if he were out scouting and
wanted to show that a certain road should not be followed by others,
he would draw the sign, "not to be followed," across it and add the
name of his patrol animal, in order to show which patrol discovered
that the road was bad, and by adding his own number at the left of the
head to show which scout had discovered it.

BLUE BUFFALO
on white ground

FLYING EAGLES
"Yeh-yeh-yeh"
Black and white on red

BLUE HERONS
"Hrrrr"
Blue and green

HORNED KINGBIRDS

SINAWA
Black on red

BLACKBEARS
Black on red

AHMEEKS

SILVER FOXES

RED TRAILERS

MOON BAND
Yellow on blue

OWNEOKES

BLAZING ARROW

Each patrol leader carries a small flag on the end of his staff or
stave with the head of his patrol animal shown on both sides.